Here is a growing list of notes to be included in the lectures and discussions:

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* "welfare" has meant overall good of a group since at least the 1200s, but the meaning of receiving benefits from the government did not arise until about 1904. The clause "promote the general welfare" in the Constitution therefore could not have been referring to the "welfare state" that exists today. <small>(Thanks to Ben for this observation.)</small>

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Latest revision as of 18:19, 6 January 2013

Some or all of these new topics will be addressed when this course is taught in Fall 2012:

Here is a growing list of notes to be included in the lectures and discussions:

"welfare" has meant overall good of a group since at least the 1200s, but the meaning of receiving benefits from the government did not arise until about 1904. The clause "promote the general welfare" in the Constitution therefore could not have been referring to the "welfare state" that exists today. (Thanks to Ben for this observation.)